Can a carburetor explode?
Can a carburetor explode? Carburetor Burns Priming carburetors is a dangerous and unnecessary practice and can produce explosion or fire! Explosions may occur by 3 mechanisms: Contact of the gasoline or its vapors with hot metal (i.e., the car's engine) What causes gas to drain back into the CARB? If he carb still has gas but the filter is empty, it's a pump problem. When the gas in the carb evaporates a bit it opens the needle valve and lets air in the line, allowing the fuel to drain back. The pump valves have to be seeping to do that....